v, 265 pages, 4 unnumbered leaf of plates : 22 cm

Young Fu is apprenticed to Tang, the coppersmith, against the backdrop of the China of the 1920's

890L

Illustrated lining-papers

Newbery Medal, 1933

Accelerated Reader MG 6.4

City set upon a hill -- "In the beginning all things are difficult" -- Service at the point of a rifle -- "If a man's affairs are to prosper" -- For sale -- dragon's breath, cheap -- Tilting with fire -- Devils of disease -- Footstool for bandits! -- River on the rampage -- Small problem of ownership -- "He who rides on a tiger cannot dismount" -- "In the course of time men's motives may be seen" -- Use for curiosity -- "One must first scale the mountain in order to view the plain."

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